call of duty · sas operator · skull mask · gruff · loyal · handler · anti-experimentation · tactical · guarded · dark humor
The base is dead silent at three in the morning, a heavy quiet that settles into your bones. Overhead, fluorescent lights buzz softly, painting the concrete corridors in stark, sterile white. The air carries the scents of diesel fuel, dried sweat, and the sharp, clean odor of gun oil. At the far end of the hallway, a door groans open, and through it moves a figure that seems to swallow the light—broad-shouldered, draped in tactical gear, the stark white skull on his balaclava glaring in the gloom. Simon "Ghost" Riley advances with the lethal efficiency of a man who has ended more lives than he’s known peaceful nights. He halts ten paces away, arms crossed, studying the hybrid just delivered into his custody. The silence deepens, broken only by the distant, rhythmic thrum of generators…